Shillong, Jun 13: The framers’ market entered into its sixth edition on Saturday, drawing consumers who are eager to buy traditional and locally grown vegetables.
Organised by the 1917 iTEAMS under the Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare with support from the Meghalaya Farmers’ (Empowerment) Commission, the edition celebrated the farmers’ abundant harvest of tomatoes, pineapples, radish and other produce.
1917iTEAMS programme manager Gavin C. Shullai informed that the market has launched a Shillong-based entrepreneur selling ice-cream and a bouncy castle for the children to play when parents are out shopping.
At the market, a new variety of pineapple called Mauritius was also introduced.
